Dude your freaking awsome. Clear concepts with plenty of explanation to help get the point through. My climbing has improved leaps and bounds since watching and learning from your videos. Thanks for everything!!!!
You of course know this since you have a lot of happy followers, but your videos are very good. Imformative, explanatory, good examples and graphics, good with the "formula" on how the videos are structured. Actually in general I am impressed and very happy I found your channel, thanks for all the hard work you put into it.
I really like what you said about the finger strength, I have hit a bit of a plateau and I think it could just simply be that I am focusing on my fingers more than I should be. Flexibility is another thing I want to work on, it seems like it comes in handy at the best of times
this video was very helpful. I would love to see you do a video where you guide us through some strength drills and upper body warm ups for climbing. Be well!
Great point about how sub optimal finger strength will put you at your max, taking your focus off of core and feet. I also think cardio training is overlooked. It is our hearts that are clearing that lactic acid, and supplying oxygen. Although cardio is not really "strength".
Digging your videos man. I may not be vegan, but watching your videos reminds me (and motivates me) to eat clean and natural in my own way. Also love your intellectual approach to climbing as I tend to be very similar in my approach. On topic: If you were to expand from "most important" to "top 3" what would you add? My personal list that I compiled after watching a ton of pro climber footage is: 1) fingers 2) core 3) flexibility I decided this on the basis that I noticed almost all top climbers share those attributes, while many other seemingly important attributes can be found lacking in certain top level climbers. Would love to hear your opinion on what three things you would focus on if you were only allowed to train three things for climbing.
I'm glad my videos motivate you to eat cleaner! If I could only train 3 things, it comes to my mind like: 1, Finger strength 2, just do as much route climbing as possible in general (if I wanted to be a route climber, which is the case for me, if I wanted to be a boulderer, just bouldering as much as possible in gerneral would come second) 3, upper body stuff such as one armers, but I'm not sur, maybe core strength would be more important..
Awesome video ! Although I found the music a bit distracting at times (I think if you put music with lyrics, you should make it a bit less loud, or it makes it harder to follow what you are saying) As a beginner in rock climbing though, I love your tips and analyses :)
Well, i'm actually preparing a Bachelor's degree which will end this wednesday ( I'm looking forward !) And, after this exam, I planned to do some bouldering sessions to increase my training volume. (I'm gonna follow your advice) :) So basicly, i'll try to focus on the finger strength. After a couple of weeks, i'll send you a message about the results of this training ;) Keep going dude !
Awesome to hear! Congrats to your Bachelor! Stay consistent and the results will follow, just don't forget to give you body also a bit of time to adapt to the greater volume and the gains in finger strength which will result from it :)
My wife is a Vegan and I lean that way as well. we love your videos as well as climbing! Since you seem you love making the vegan climbing videos the only thing we wish there was more of is more info on the vegan life style, things you like about certain foods etc. You could even have a vegan tip at the end of each video. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!
You should work on gaining strength before losing weight. Unless you are overweight, of course. Also be careful training as a beginner climber if you are eating a vegan diet. It is easy to have deficiencies eating a vegan diet so be sure to do your research to ensure you are getting all the nutrients your body needs to keep up with the stress you are putting on it!
Can you make a video of what you can do in the gym (fitness) to become better at climbing (bouldering) or do you have a training sheduale that I can do at the gym? I want to combine fitness with climbing, but that I train usefull at the fitness to use when I climb.
Hi Mani, finger strength is the most important but like you said it takes a long time to train. I want to train another thing while I train my fingers. What in your opinion do you think is the next best thing to train? Core strength/lock off strength/arm power?
Will appreciate a video about getting proper nutrition for rock climbing from a vegan diet. As rock climbing demands a lot of muscle strength, how does a vegan diet give the climber enough protein and calcium to build muscles and bone density? I know a lot of Buddhist martial artists in Asia are also vegans so consuming vegetables and fruits to build strength must have been practiced for many hundreds of years but I would like to see suggestions for recipes and meal planning.
Great series of videos. I'm pretty new to climbing and I can't wait to back to wall to try some of the techniques you described. I have some pesky problems that I know I can solve now, thanks! (I wrote my question below before seeing the titles of the upcoming videos I think you'll answer it in "Restday Q&A Beginners and Finger Strength") I have one question, for finger strength I'm using a squeeze ball where ever I am, work, subway, watching TV (or youtube videos). If I'm to make a hang board (or buy) what are the type of holds should I have angle, shape and size? and how should I be gripping the hang board, finger positions, rotation of finger grips? Duration? how often? Thanks from Canada, Ryan
Yeah sorry about all the questions just excited about climbing. Wish I started 20ys ago. You definitely answered all my questions in later videos, thanks a lot! Again great video series very helpful!!
I think this is an easy one. What is the Strength every Climber outperforms most other Athletes? Definately Gripstrength. And now I want to hear what the Pro sais. :) LG BB
awesome vid very useful thank you ! this is my first year of climbing and I'm very close (1 move) to finishing 7a however any route with crimpy holds kind of hurt because of tendons so i tend to climb on flatter holds which really builds up my finger power but I'm still afraid to get injured and would really want to avoid that since I don't think i can live without climbing right now x) do you think I can go on with flat holds or should I slow down? thank you and again awesome video :)
Thanks mate, from what you are explaining it sounds reasonable to stick to the flat holds as long as you feel uncomfortable with other stuff. If I was in your shoes, having the feeling that I'm close to inury, I would just avoid everything that hurts, that's a pretty effective rule of thumb. Stay strong!
I disagree. I have had extremely good finger strength since I've been climbing v5s yet it gets you nowhere at some point. I think core is way more important. Core is useful even on slab climbs and if you have strong core you can get away with climbing extremely hard problems that dont rely that much on finger strength. (compression problems on slopers are much more about general body strength and I know people that dont crimp like i do but can climb specific V12's) If you dont believe me try climbing but keep your core completely relaxed like yollo. You either wont be able to pull a single move or you will flex your core without knowing.
"Nobody can climb V12 unless they have vice grip hand strength or ungodly crimp power." This is not true. I know of a person that climbs V12 and has terrible grip strength. He climbs on compression problems and some sloper problems.
princeofexcess You are drastically underestimating his grip lol. I max out at V10 if I project the route for 3-4 weeks if even. A V12 is elite. I have climbed at 7 gyms and have only ever encountered one person capable of climbing V12. That guy competes at the US national level. Nobody casually climbs V12, it's takes immense training to get to that level.
Yea im not underestimating his grip strength. He himself complains about it. You said nobody can climb V12 and he can and he doesnt have vice grip strength. He has great core strength and compression strength. He doesn't climb V12's which have crimps thats all. Pretty much all he climbs is slopers and compression.
princeofexcess I think you underestimate what a real V12 feels like. The grade is very soft. Unless by "weak crimp strength" you mean he can climb a Crimpy V10. Nobody can be that unrounded, especially on compression moves. If he was able to climb only V12's that were compression moves but not even close to that grade on crimps. You're implying the guy spent at least 2-5 years working on compression routes and not much else. The difference between V10 and V11 is over a years worth of training. Same with V11-V12. This isn't like a if/but thing. No climber can climb that grade by luck, it would take years of very intense training or a dozen years of softish hard training.
There is no way you need forearm power. In climbing fingers only contract isometrically, which means zero power by definition. Trying to pull yourself up with finger extensors will probably just result in soft tissue damage.
hi, ich hab vor 2 Monaten mit dem Bouldern angefangen, wollte nur mal fragen ob für mich einfach die Boulder zu klettern noch dsa beste training darstellt, oder sollte ich schon eher versuchen generell mehr kraft aufzubauen, momentan werden meine arme zB nach 6 klimpzügen schon wabbelig ^^
Einfach bouldern wird dich vermutlich am schnellsten weiterbringen. Aber du kannst ja einfach mal probieren, dich von 6 auf 8 und evtl. 10 klimmzüge zu steigern, einfach mal ein paar sets nach einer bouldersession machen, kann ja nicht schaden :)
Danke erstmal für die schnelle antwort. :) Naja nach der Session schaffe ich vermutlich nurnoch 3 :'D Wollte mir die Tage mal so einen "Powerball" zulegen, taugt der was zum training der unterarme? hast du da erfahrung mit? Gruß
habe ihn bisher auch nur getestet, und es ist doch schon sehr anstrengend, nur weiß ich nicht ob damit überhaupt die "richtigen" muskeln trainiert werden :D naja, ich versuchs einfach mal, kann man ja immer gut nebenbei benutzen. ^^ danke dir Gruß
Dude your freaking awsome. Clear concepts with plenty of explanation to help get the point through. My climbing has improved leaps and bounds since watching and learning from your videos. Thanks for everything!!!!
Thanks man! It's great to hear that the videos actually help people achieve their goals, that's very motivating for me to make more! You're welcome :)
This is great!
I would love to see a video of how to train finger strength for intermediate climbers (1-2 years-ish) !
Great video, I am new to rock climbing and your video helps me a lot. :)
Thanks man, I'm glad to hear that!
You of course know this since you have a lot of happy followers, but your videos are very good.
Imformative, explanatory, good examples and graphics, good with the "formula" on how the videos are structured. Actually in general I am impressed and very happy I found your channel, thanks for all the hard work you put into it.
Thanks for the feedback Jonas, I'm glad the vids are useful!
I really like what you said about the finger strength, I have hit a bit of a plateau and I think it could just simply be that I am focusing on my fingers more than I should be. Flexibility is another thing I want to work on, it seems like it comes in handy at the best of times
this video was very helpful. I would love to see you do a video where you guide us through some strength drills and upper body warm ups for climbing. Be well!
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try my best!
Your videos are incredibly helpful, thank you so much!
You're welcome! :)
Haha how did you not get pulled for that soundtrack? Amazing man. Great vid!
Great point about how sub optimal finger strength will put you at your max, taking your focus off of core and feet. I also think cardio training is overlooked. It is our hearts that are clearing that lactic acid, and supplying oxygen. Although cardio is not really "strength".
Digging your videos man. I may not be vegan, but watching your videos reminds me (and motivates me) to eat clean and natural in my own way. Also love your intellectual approach to climbing as I tend to be very similar in my approach.
On topic: If you were to expand from "most important" to "top 3" what would you add?
My personal list that I compiled after watching a ton of pro climber footage is:
1) fingers
2) core
3) flexibility
I decided this on the basis that I noticed almost all top climbers share those attributes, while many other seemingly important attributes can be found lacking in certain top level climbers. Would love to hear your opinion on what three things you would focus on if you were only allowed to train three things for climbing.
I'm glad my videos motivate you to eat cleaner! If I could only train 3 things, it comes to my mind like:
1, Finger strength
2, just do as much route climbing as possible in general (if I wanted to be a route climber, which is the case for me, if I wanted to be a boulderer, just bouldering as much as possible in gerneral would come second)
3, upper body stuff such as one armers, but I'm not sur, maybe core strength would be more important..
Vegan Rockclimbing
Awesome video ! Although I found the music a bit distracting at times (I think if you put music with lyrics, you should make it a bit less loud, or it makes it harder to follow what you are saying)
As a beginner in rock climbing though, I love your tips and analyses :)
Thank you for the valuable feedback man, definitely going to consider this when putting the next one up!
or just use an EQ to kill the mids.
Well, i'm actually preparing a Bachelor's degree which will end this wednesday ( I'm looking forward !)
And, after this exam, I planned to do some bouldering sessions to increase my training volume. (I'm gonna follow your advice) :)
So basicly, i'll try to focus on the finger strength.
After a couple of weeks, i'll send you a message about the results of this training ;)
Keep going dude !
Awesome to hear! Congrats to your Bachelor! Stay consistent and the results will follow, just don't forget to give you body also a bit of time to adapt to the greater volume and the gains in finger strength which will result from it :)
Your video teach me a lot👍🏻
Yas, super Video!
Thanks mate!
it's hard to hear you with the music...😶
My wife is a Vegan and I lean that way as well. we love your videos as well as climbing! Since you seem you love making the vegan climbing videos the only thing we wish there was more of is more info on the vegan life style, things you like about certain foods etc. You could even have a vegan tip at the end of each video. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!
Such a good and informative video, thank you so much
Thanks, you're welcome :)
Love your videos man. Keep it up.
Thank you for your video. I am beginner at indoor climbing. I think I need to lose weight first.
You should work on gaining strength before losing weight. Unless you are overweight, of course. Also be careful training as a beginner climber if you are eating a vegan diet. It is easy to have deficiencies eating a vegan diet so be sure to do your research to ensure you are getting all the nutrients your body needs to keep up with the stress you are putting on it!
Honestly, I've seen huge guys do harder routes than even I can do
Thanks for making nice video's its always really nice tot reboot my knoledge in climbind :)
When is the best time for hangboard? Before or After climb or do hangboard another day?
Can you make a video of what you can do in the gym (fitness) to become better at climbing (bouldering) or do you have a training sheduale that I can do at the gym? I want to combine fitness with climbing, but that I train usefull at the fitness to use when I climb.
Hi Mani, finger strength is the most important but like you said it takes a long time to train. I want to train another thing while I train my fingers. What in your opinion do you think is the next best thing to train? Core strength/lock off strength/arm power?
Will appreciate a video about getting proper nutrition for rock climbing from a vegan diet. As rock climbing demands a lot of muscle strength, how does a vegan diet give the climber enough protein and calcium to build muscles and bone density? I know a lot of Buddhist martial artists in Asia are also vegans so consuming vegetables and fruits to build strength must have been practiced for many hundreds of years but I would like to see suggestions for recipes and meal planning.
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll do my best!
"consuming vegetables and fruits to build strength" Ever heard of herbivores?
Yee-Wah Chow hule
Great series of videos. I'm pretty new to climbing and I can't wait to back to wall to try some of the techniques you described. I have some pesky problems that I know I can solve now, thanks!
(I wrote my question below before seeing the titles of the upcoming videos I think you'll answer it in "Restday Q&A Beginners and Finger Strength")
I have one question, for finger strength I'm using a squeeze ball where ever I am, work, subway, watching TV (or youtube videos). If I'm to make a hang board (or buy) what are the type of holds should I have angle, shape and size? and how should I be gripping the hang board, finger positions, rotation of finger grips? Duration? how often?
Thanks from Canada, Ryan
That's a lot of questions, most of the answers you will likely find in my video tutorials about hangboarding, and my hangboard itself.
Yeah sorry about all the questions just excited about climbing. Wish I started 20ys ago. You definitely answered all my questions in later videos, thanks a lot! Again great video series very helpful!!
Hey! I thought of one type of climbing where finger strength is not important! That is crack climbing especially offwidth :)
I think this is an easy one. What is the Strength every Climber outperforms most other Athletes? Definately Gripstrength. And now I want to hear what the Pro sais. :) LG BB
nice videoo i like mos def in the back!
awesome vid very useful thank you ! this is my first year of climbing and I'm very close (1 move) to finishing 7a however any route with crimpy holds kind of hurt because of tendons so i tend to climb on flatter holds which really builds up my finger power but I'm still afraid to get injured and would really want to avoid that since I don't think i can live without climbing right now x) do you think I can go on with flat holds or should I slow down? thank you and again awesome video :)
Thanks mate, from what you are explaining it sounds reasonable to stick to the flat holds as long as you feel uncomfortable with other stuff. If I was in your shoes, having the feeling that I'm close to inury, I would just avoid everything that hurts, that's a pretty effective rule of thumb. Stay strong!
thank you very much I'll stick to these then :) you too :D
I disagree. I have had extremely good finger strength since I've been climbing v5s yet it gets you nowhere at some point. I think core is way more important. Core is useful even on slab climbs and if you have strong core you can get away with climbing extremely hard problems that dont rely that much on finger strength. (compression problems on slopers are much more about general body strength and I know people that dont crimp like i do but can climb specific V12's)
If you dont believe me try climbing but keep your core completely relaxed like yollo. You either wont be able to pull a single move or you will flex your core without knowing.
princeofexcess Nobody can climb V12 unless they have vice grip hand strength or ungodly crimp power. Only a well rounded body can climb V12
"Nobody can climb V12 unless they have vice grip hand strength or ungodly crimp power." This is not true. I know of a person that climbs V12 and has terrible grip strength. He climbs on compression problems and some sloper problems.
princeofexcess You are drastically underestimating his grip lol. I max out at V10 if I project the route for 3-4 weeks if even. A V12 is elite. I have climbed at 7 gyms and have only ever encountered one person capable of climbing V12. That guy competes at the US national level. Nobody casually climbs V12, it's takes immense training to get to that level.
Yea im not underestimating his grip strength. He himself complains about it. You said nobody can climb V12 and he can and he doesnt have vice grip strength. He has great core strength and compression strength. He doesn't climb V12's which have crimps thats all. Pretty much all he climbs is slopers and compression.
princeofexcess I think you underestimate what a real V12 feels like. The grade is very soft. Unless by "weak crimp strength" you mean he can climb a Crimpy V10. Nobody can be that unrounded, especially on compression moves. If he was able to climb only V12's that were compression moves but not even close to that grade on crimps. You're implying the guy spent at least 2-5 years working on compression routes and not much else. The difference between V10 and V11 is over a years worth of training. Same with V11-V12. This isn't like a if/but thing. No climber can climb that grade by luck, it would take years of very intense training or a dozen years of softish hard training.
There is no way you need forearm power. In climbing fingers only contract isometrically, which means zero power by definition. Trying to pull yourself up with finger extensors will probably just result in soft tissue damage.
Great minds think alike:D
Remind me if I forgot something :P
Vegan Rockclimbing are you vegan?
Haha just kidding
hi, ich hab vor 2 Monaten mit dem Bouldern angefangen, wollte nur mal fragen ob für mich einfach die Boulder zu klettern noch dsa beste training darstellt, oder sollte ich schon eher versuchen generell mehr kraft aufzubauen, momentan werden meine arme zB nach 6 klimpzügen schon wabbelig ^^
Einfach bouldern wird dich vermutlich am schnellsten weiterbringen. Aber du kannst ja einfach mal probieren, dich von 6 auf 8 und evtl. 10 klimmzüge zu steigern, einfach mal ein paar sets nach einer bouldersession machen, kann ja nicht schaden :)
Danke erstmal für die schnelle antwort. :)
Naja nach der Session schaffe ich vermutlich nurnoch 3 :'D
Wollte mir die Tage mal so einen "Powerball" zulegen, taugt der was zum training der unterarme? hast du da erfahrung mit?
Gruß
Hab einmal kurz den von einem freund ausprobiert, aber nie wirklich damit trainiert, da kann ich dir keine verlässliche info dazu geben.
habe ihn bisher auch nur getestet, und es ist doch schon sehr anstrengend, nur weiß ich nicht ob damit überhaupt die "richtigen" muskeln trainiert werden :D
naja, ich versuchs einfach mal, kann man ja immer gut nebenbei benutzen. ^^
danke dir
Gruß
Interesting video but it would have been a lot easier to hear you without the music so loud.
Ditch the bg music, it's pretty distracting.
Let me guess: core
Don't talk too much ,just show the training